Early 1980s, French Antilles (esp. Guadeloupe and Martinique)
Typical instruments
Gwo ka
tibwa
shak shak
brass
synthesizer
guitar
bass guitar
drum machine
Derivative forms
Zouk-love, Kizomba
Regional scenes
French West Indies
Dominica
Haiti
Central Africa
Brazil
France
Zouk is a musical movement pioneered by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the early 1980s. It was originally characterized by a fast tempo (120–145 bpm), a percussion-driven rhythm, and a loud horn section.[1] Musicians from Martinique and Guadeloupe eventually added MIDI instrumentation to their compas style, which developed into a genre called zouk-love.[2][3] Zouk-love is effectively the French Lesser Antilles' compas,[4] and it gradually became indistinguishable from compas.[4]
^Torres, George (2013). Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music. ABC-CLIO. p. 453. ISBN 978-0-313-08794-3.
^Occo, Jean-Claude (2019). The Codification of Zouk. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 10. ISBN 978-2-9567965-2-7.
^Ellingham, Mark (1999). The Rough Guide to World Music. Rough Guides. p. 299. ISBN 978-1-85828-636-5.
^ abPopular Musics of the Non Western World. Peter Manuel, New York Oxford University Press, 1988, p74
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